The Art of Literary Nomenclature

ORIGIN:
Greek version of the Hebrew “Shim’on”, meaning “he has heard”.

VARIATIONS and NICKNAMES:
Jimeno, Shimel, Shimon, Si, Sim, Siem, Siemen, Simen, Simeon, Simo, Sy, Symeon, Symon, Szymon, Ximeno, Ximun, etc.

REFERENCES IN LITERATURE:
– Simon Carfax (sometimes called “Si“), Gwenny’s father, a Cornish miner lured into Essex to work Reuben Huckabuck’s secret mine, in Lorna Doone, by R.D. Blackmore (written in 1869, set in the 1670s-1680s).

WRITERS:
– Simon Evans (1895-1940), Welsh broadcaster and writer.

Tagged: 1670s, 1680s, 1860s, 1890s, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Norwegian, Romanian, S, Swedish

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